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NEW BUSINESS Planning Department. 1) BJ Leithead Todd was unavailable due to being asked to attend County Council Meetings. Protocol for Kona CDP Action Committee Members. 2) Amy Self stated that she needed to clarify two sunshine law issues. a)If more than 2 committee members show up at a public meeting (for example a County Council or Planning Commission Meeting) and one of the committee members chooses to testify, they could be in violation of Sunshine Law. Should there be a reasonable expectation that the issue of whatever you are testifying about happens to come to the Committee later for some sort of recommendation or action then you could be in violation of Sunshine Law. Marni Herkes requested clarification that should committee members don’t testify and just show up. Amy Self stated that was fine. Ken Melrose requested clarification in the context of what was just stated and the agenda for Place Makers for the Honokohau TOD Charrette that will be occurring during this coming week where there are open public and design session meetings, would three Action Committee Members be able to participate at any one time. Amy Self stated from her understanding with the Planning Department, whatever comes out of the charrette is going to be adopted as Planning Department Rules and will not come before the KCDP Action Committee to discuss. b)When Action Committee Members testify as individuals at any kind of board meeting, councils, or committees, you have to remember you are wearing “two hats”. For example, if you are testifying in front of the Planning Commission or Council, it’s not good enough to tell them you are testifying as an individual and another sentence later you tell them you are a member of the Kona CDP Action Committee, that’s what’s going to be remembered and misleading. If you are testifying as a member of the public, you can do that but do not state that you are a member of the Kona CDP Action Committee unless the Kona CDP Action Committee takes a vote to have a member of the Action Committee represent its view in front of a body, then it’s completely fine. You want to say you are testifying on behalf of the Action Committee and this is the view of the Action Committee. Ken Melrose commented so the instruction from Counsel is we say, “I’m Ken Melrose. I’m testifying as to my opinion.” Amy advised that this is the correct action. Presentation on Honokohau Transit Oriented Development Charrette by Place 3) Makers, Inc. Suzan Henderson of Place Makers, Inc. gave overview of 2 step process that the community will be experiencing during the charrette – 1) that they shall be calibrating or customizing the Kona Community Development Plan’s Village Design Guidelines to fit the nature of Kona and 2) that they will be master planning the Honokohau Transit Oriented Development (TOD) utilizing the development Kona specific calibration. The Village Design Guidelines (VDG) were based on the Smart Code and taken from a national standard model. The focus is on getting the community voice to help shape physical data: setbacks, civic space, etc. First thing is based on concept of transect (natural habitat) that shapes human habitat – density, heights, setbacks, civic spaces, thoroughfares, etc., a lot of different terminology. Traditional historic developments change based on urbanity –